UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued Frequently Asked Questions on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Fact Sheet No.33 (full-text, 1.72 MB) as part of The Human Rights Fact Sheet series. It gives answers to twenty questions, such as:

  • What are the economic, social and cultural rights?
  • What are the obligations of States?
  • Who has a role to play in promoting and protecting the rights nationally?
  • Wow can we monitor the progressive realization of economic, social and cultural rights?
  • What monitoring mechanisms exist internationally?

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